What is Tashi?
Tashi is the coordination layer for intelligent systems. It provides real-time, leaderless consensus at the edge, enabling autonomous systems (robots, AI agents, IoT devices) to coordinate across trust boundaries without centralized control.
The world's digital infrastructure has matured across compute, storage, and connectivity. What remains unsolved is coordination: the ability for independent systems to reach agreement in milliseconds without trusting a central authority. Tashi fills this gap.
Our Mission
"Align devices with the interests of their owners, being the coordination layer of intelligent systems."
Today's centralized infrastructure means your devices serve platform interests, not yours. Tashi changes that equation by enabling coordination without centralized control, where machines operate with verifiable alignment to those they represent.
The Three-Layer Architecture
Tashi separates concerns across three layers:
Vertex
Peer-to-peer consensus
Sub-100ms Byzantine fault-tolerant agreement
Lattice
Global DePIN infrastructure
Discovery, validation, economic incentives
Arc
Blockchain settlement
Bridges to Ethereum, Solana, Hedera, and 20+ networks
Each layer operates independently. Applications can use Vertex alone for private coordination, add Lattice for global discovery and reliability, or invoke Arc when blockchain settlement is required.
Why This Matters Now
An explosion of autonomous systems has made coordination the most critical infrastructure gap:
Robotics: Warehouse robots, delivery drones, and autonomous vehicles need sub-100ms coordination across operators
AI Agents: Trillions of software actors will require millisecond discovery and Byzantine-robust consensus
Industrial IoT: Cross-boundary sensor coordination for smart cities, manufacturing, and energy grids
Centralized coordination works within single organizations but breaks across trust boundaries. Blockchains provide settlement but operate too slowly for real-time coordination. Tashi fills the gap between compute/storage infrastructure and blockchain settlement.
Key Capabilities
Consensus Latency
26-103ms depending on configuration
Throughput
Up to 1.026 million TPS (throughput-optimized)
Byzantine Tolerance
Up to f = ⌊(n-1)/3⌋ malicious participants
Coordination Cost
Gasless: no per-transaction fees
Network Reliability
99%+ uptime through geographic distribution
How It Works
Vertex uses a DAG-based gossip-about-gossip protocol with virtual voting. Peers exchange signed events that reference previous events, building a causally-ordered graph. Consensus is calculated mathematically from the DAG structure. No actual votes are transmitted, eliminating a round of network communication.
Lattice provides the global infrastructure layer:
Discovery: Find peers without pre-known identities
NAT Traversal: Connect devices behind firewalls
Validation: Verify Proofs of Coordination
Reputation: Route work to reliable operators
Economics: Distribute rewards based on verified contribution
Arc bridges coordination outcomes to public blockchains when settlement, token issuance, or public finality is needed. Most coordination stays private; Arc activates only when required.
Ecosystem Position
Tashi is a founding member of the Intercognitive Foundation, an initiative establishing global standards for AI accessibility and interoperability. The Foundation coordinates infrastructure across identity, positioning, sensors, compute, connectivity, and orchestration. Tashi provides the orchestration layer.
Applications
Robotics
Cross-operator coordination in shared warehouses
Sub-100ms consensus, no single operator controls
AI Agents
Distributed inference, federated learning
Byzantine-robust aggregation, millisecond discovery
Industrial IoT
Cross-boundary sensor coordination
Privacy-preserving, decentralized agreement
Gaming
Serverless multiplayer, anti-cheat
Technical validation proving real-world performance
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Tashi provides the coordination layer for intelligent systems, enabling machines to operate in alignment with those they represent.
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